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Nika Knight, staff writer

Nika Knight is a Common Dreams staff writer.

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NewsFriday, December 9, 2016 - 10:00amVeterans at Standing Rock Ready to Take Clean Water Fight to FlintThe veterans who deployed to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe reservation in North Dakota to support the water protectors in their battle against the Dakota Access Pipeline are now looking to take their successful mobilization to another community fighting for clean water: Flint, Michigan . "We don't...Read more

NewsThursday, December 8, 2016 - 9:30amBetraying Pro-Worker Facade, 'Vindictive' Trump Attacks Union LeaderAfter United Steelworkers Local 1999 president Chuck Jones revealed Wednesday that fewer jobs were remaining in Carrier's Indianapolis plant than President-elect Donald Trump had promised , Trump launched into a Twitter tirade against the union leader. In his tweets, the president-elect did not...Read more

NewsWednesday, December 7, 2016 - 9:45amOpen Pit Mine in Montana Kills Thousands of Migrating Snow GeeseThousands of snow geese have been killed by the toxic waters of the Berkeley Pit , a flooded former copper mine in Butte, Montana that is one of the most poisonous and acidic bodies of water in the United States. Unusually warm weather led the flock—tens of thousands of geese—to migrate south from...Read more

NewsTuesday, December 6, 2016 - 2:15pmDems Plan to Grill Tillerson on Exxon's Climate FraudIf President-elect Donald Trump nominates ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State , Democrats and progressives see a glimmer of a silver lining. Tillerson's Senate confirmation hearing would give environmentalists the chance to finally see Tillerson testify under oath about ExxonMobil's...Read more

NewsTuesday, December 6, 2016 - 9:30amFirst Republican Elector Joins Anti-Trump RevoltA Republican elector has become the first of his party to join an unprecedented Electoral College revolt against President-elect Donald Trump, an effort led by eight Democratic electors that seeks to block the looming far-right administration from taking power in January. The Democratic electors...Read more

NewsSunday, December 4, 2016 - 4:30pmDakota Access Pipeline Permit DeniedIn a long-awaited victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline , tribal leadership announced late Sunday. "This is something that will go down in history and is a blessing for all indigenous people." —Dave Archambault...Read more

NewsSunday, December 4, 2016 - 12:45pmHeeding Call of Duty, Thousands of Veterans Stream into Standing RockOn Sunday, the first official day of the Veterans Stand for Standing Rock action, thousands of veterans continue to pour into the Oceti Sakowin camp. The veterans have traveled from all over the United States to protect the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its supporters from ongoing police violence...Read more

NewsSunday, December 4, 2016 - 9:45amJill Stein to Take Pennsylvania Recount Fight to Federal CourtGreen Party presidential candidate Jill Stein plans to take her fight for a vote recount in Pennsylvania to federal court, Stein announced late Saturday, after a state judge ordered her campaign post a $1 million bond. "No voter in America should be forced to pay thousands of dollars to know if her...Read more